Evidence of reproductive failure and lack of perinatal transmission of Bartonella henselae in experimentally, infected cats

Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology

Volumn 65, Issue 2-4, 1998, Pages 177-189

  Guptill, L ^a   Slater, L N ^b   Wu, C C ^a   Lin, T L ^a   Glickman, L T ^a   Welch, D F ^c   Tobolski, J ^a   Hogenesch, H ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c LABORATORY CORPORATION OF AMERICA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bartonella henselae; Cat; Reproduction; Transmission

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; METHYLPREDNISOLONE ACETATE;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; CAT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; FETUS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BACTEREMIA; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; CAT DISEASES; CAT-SCRATCH DISEASE; CATS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FETUS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; LIVER; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; SPECIFIC PATHOGEN-FREE ORGANISMS; SPLEEN;

EID: 0032561439     PISSN: 01652427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-2427(98)00153-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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